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Energy Transition and Sustainability: Economic, Technological, National, Regional and Global Opportunities and Challenges

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 1455

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Dr. Edward Halawa

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Faculty of Science and Technology, Charles Darwin University, Darwin 0815, Australia
Interests: energy systems analysis; renewable energy; thermal energy storage; thermal comfort
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Dear Colleagues,

What is energy transition and why? Is the transition inevitable? If so what are reasonable and viable pathways we have and at what pace can these be realised? What are the benefits and challenges of an energy transition at national, regional and global levels? What is energy sustainability and when and how was it defined? Is the current most widely adopted definition of energy sustainability ‘up-to-date’ or in need of revision or redefinition? How clean are various renewable energy sources compared to the conventional energy sources they are supposed to replace? What are the roles of computer modelling and forecasting in the energy transition and how reliable is this approach? This Special Issue invites ideas from energy and sustainability researchers, experts, policy makers, economists, and practitioners to answer at least some of the above questions.

Cleaner energy, energy justice, transition pathways, the role of nuclear energy in the transition phase, energy efficiency, energy affordability, energy survivability, renewable energy potential and barriers are among the many topics that are related to the above questions and relevant to this Special Issue. Other more technical topics such as energy storage, renewable energy waste handling, energy systems’ potential threats and security, future transport and industry also fit into this Special Issue. Last but not least, ethical and individual freedom or privacy issues related to the implementation of future energy network through digitalisation, smart meters, and smart cities are topics worth discussing.

Dr. Edward Halawa
Guest Editor

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • affordability
  • energy efficiency
  • energy justice
  • energy system digitalisation
  • energy survivability
  • energy transition
  • renewable energy
  • sustainable development
  • sustainable energy

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Sustainable Energy: Concept and Definition in the Context of the Energy Transition—A Critical Review
by Edward Halawa
Sustainability 2024, 16(4), 1523; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16041523 - 10 Feb 2024
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The term sustainable energy is very familiar to all of us, yet its exact definition or meaning has so far been vague. To date, the widely adopted definition of sustainable energy has been inspired by the definition of sustainable development formulated more than [...] Read more.
The term sustainable energy is very familiar to all of us, yet its exact definition or meaning has so far been vague. To date, the widely adopted definition of sustainable energy has been inspired by the definition of sustainable development formulated more than 30 years ago in Our Common Future—the UN’s Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development. The current definition conceals the true spirit of the report, and this has some ramifications. It raises the question as to whether we have put too much emphasis on attaining the future dimension of sustainability in the middle of a situation where energy survivability is in fact the real issue in many parts of the world. In this paper, the role of energy in sustaining the livelihoods of low-income communities is discussed. The existing definition of sustainable energy that the whole world seems to have embraced is looked at critically and its downsides exposed. The identified pillars of sustainable energy and the associated issues are discussed, and the need for an additional pillar, i.e., affordability, is discussed and called for. This paper will argue that the global definition of sustainable energy seems inappropriate and should be jettisoned, and a more realistic definition should be formulated, adopted, and embraced at the local (i.e., national or regional) level taking into account local attributes and factors. The current push for a transition from the reliance on conventional energy sources to “cleaner” energy sources (generally associated with renewable energy) has further exacerbated the issue of energy affordability that has made the conditions even more dire for so many groups of the world’s population. In the midst of this situation, those who push for a rushed energy transition seem to be those who also produce an unsustainably high carbon footprint but who can easily offset their carbon footprint through the ‘net-zero’ concept. Full article
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